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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,501-5,600)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,501 | Larry Anderson | $2,732,684 | 1 | $2,732,684 |
| 5,502 | Peter Foldy | $2,732,684 | 1 | $2,732,684 |
| 5,503 | Nick Lepard | $2,730,347 | 2 | $1,365,174 |
| 5,504 | Abhishek Varman | $2,729,336 | 1 | $2,729,336 |
| 5,505 | Margaret Nagle | $2,722,209 | 1 | $2,722,209 |
| 5,506 | Wu Jing | $2,721,100 | 2 | $1,360,550 |
| 5,507 | Dong Qun | $2,721,100 | 2 | $1,360,550 |
| 5,508 | Liu Yi | $2,721,100 | 1 | $2,721,100 |
| 5,509 | Roger Michell | $2,716,368 | 1 | $2,716,368 |
| 5,510 | Gal Uchovsky | $2,712,736 | 1 | $2,712,736 |
| 5,511 | Matty Rich | $2,712,293 | 1 | $2,712,293 |
| 5,512 | Dan Rush | $2,712,131 | 1 | $2,712,131 |
| 5,513 | Sanjeev Dutta | $2,708,085 | 2 | $1,354,043 |
| 5,514 | Mateo Gil | $2,705,768 | 4 | $676,442 |
| 5,515 | Tamar Simon Hoffs | $2,700,000 | 1 | $2,700,000 |
| 5,516 | M.L. Kessler | $2,700,000 | 1 | $2,700,000 |
| 5,517 | Bill Pryor | $2,694,071 | 1 | $2,694,071 |
| 5,518 | Joseph Tura | $2,686,800 | 1 | $2,686,800 |
| 5,519 | Ian McKellen | $2,684,904 | 1 | $2,684,904 |
| 5,520 | Zal Batmanglij | $2,682,664 | 2 | $1,341,332 |
| 5,521 | Lai yin Leuong | $2,679,437 | 1 | $2,679,437 |
| 5,522 | James Foley | $2,678,414 | 1 | $2,678,414 |
| 5,523 | Robert Redlin | $2,678,414 | 1 | $2,678,414 |
| 5,524 | Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson | $2,676,410 | 1 | $2,676,410 |
| 5,525 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | $2,676,410 | 1 | $2,676,410 |
| 5,526 | Julio Medem | $2,675,499 | 2 | $1,337,750 |
| 5,527 | Ron Fricke | $2,672,413 | 1 | $2,672,413 |
| 5,528 | Mark Magidson | $2,672,413 | 1 | $2,672,413 |
| 5,529 | Siva Koratala | $2,663,090 | 1 | $2,663,090 |
| 5,530 | Julia Bacha | $2,657,969 | 2 | $1,328,985 |
| 5,531 | Sam Shepard | $2,657,501 | 5 | $531,500 |
| 5,532 | Tran Anh Hung | $2,655,074 | 1 | $2,655,074 |
| 5,533 | Timothy March | $2,650,866 | 1 | $2,650,866 |
| 5,534 | Richard Wesley | $2,650,866 | 1 | $2,650,866 |
| 5,535 | Abel Gance | $2,645,504 | 1 | $2,645,504 |
| 5,536 | Prune de Maistre | $2,645,231 | 3 | $881,744 |
| 5,537 | Mike Figgis | $2,642,718 | 1 | $2,642,718 |
| 5,538 | Kevin McDonald | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,539 | Mark McKinney | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,540 | Scott Thompson | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,541 | Norm Hiscock | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,542 | Bruce McCulloch | $2,640,536 | 1 | $2,640,536 |
| 5,543 | Richard Dutcher | $2,637,726 | 1 | $2,637,726 |
| 5,544 | Tony Spiridakis | $2,634,620 | 2 | $1,317,310 |
| 5,545 | Aidan Hill | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 5,546 | Patti Defilippis | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 5,547 | Fred Pellerin | $2,626,308 | 1 | $2,626,308 |
| 5,548 | Sujeeth | $2,626,284 | 1 | $2,626,284 |
| 5,549 | Arend Remmers | $2,626,127 | 1 | $2,626,127 |
| 5,550 | Edward di Lorenzo | $2,625,716 | 1 | $2,625,716 |
| 5,551 | Taylor Hackford | $2,625,716 | 1 | $2,625,716 |
| 5,552 | Joseph Hayes | $2,624,629 | 1 | $2,624,629 |
| 5,553 | James Griffith | $2,620,000 | 1 | $2,620,000 |
| 5,554 | Hal Hopper | $2,620,000 | 1 | $2,620,000 |
| 5,555 | Walter Campbell | $2,614,251 | 1 | $2,614,251 |
| 5,556 | Don Cheadle | $2,610,896 | 1 | $2,610,896 |
| 5,557 | Nicolas Lopez | $2,610,767 | 3 | $870,256 |
| 5,558 | Hiram Martinez | $2,609,412 | 1 | $2,609,412 |
| 5,559 | Rajat Arora | $2,603,629 | 3 | $867,876 |
| 5,560 | Ni Zhen | $2,603,061 | 1 | $2,603,061 |
| 5,561 | Allen Weiss | $2,600,000 | 1 | $2,600,000 |
| 5,562 | Riley Stearns | $2,596,126 | 3 | $865,375 |
| 5,563 | Julius Lewis | $2,595,644 | 1 | $2,595,644 |
| 5,564 | Christine Taylor | $2,595,644 | 1 | $2,595,644 |
| 5,565 | Tarsem Singh | $2,590,793 | 1 | $2,590,793 |
| 5,566 | Nico Soultanakis | $2,590,793 | 1 | $2,590,793 |
| 5,567 | Jehane Noujaim | $2,589,616 | 1 | $2,589,616 |
| 5,568 | Ty Manns | $2,587,072 | 1 | $2,587,072 |
| 5,569 | Subash Nair | $2,581,138 | 1 | $2,581,138 |
| 5,570 | Jesse Chatham | $2,577,830 | 1 | $2,577,830 |
| 5,571 | Florian Zeller | $2,570,642 | 2 | $1,285,321 |
| 5,572 | Thomas Purifoy Jr | $2,570,355 | 1 | $2,570,355 |
| 5,573 | Josh Goldstein | $2,567,099 | 1 | $2,567,099 |
| 5,574 | Jonathan Prince | $2,567,099 | 1 | $2,567,099 |
| 5,575 | Tom Cole | $2,563,023 | 2 | $1,281,512 |
| 5,576 | Adamma Ebo | $2,561,270 | 1 | $2,561,270 |
| 5,577 | Leonard Michaels | $2,556,361 | 1 | $2,556,361 |
| 5,578 | Yasmina Reza | $2,546,747 | 1 | $2,546,747 |
| 5,579 | Dezsö Magyar | $2,546,238 | 1 | $2,546,238 |
| 5,580 | Stephen Tobolowsky | $2,545,142 | 1 | $2,545,142 |
| 5,581 | David Byrne | $2,545,142 | 1 | $2,545,142 |
| 5,582 | Nick Naveda | $2,542,518 | 1 | $2,542,518 |
| 5,583 | Richard Kwietniowski | $2,542,264 | 1 | $2,542,264 |
| 5,584 | Patrick Cauvin | $2,541,320 | 1 | $2,541,320 |
| 5,585 | Gilbert Adair | $2,536,564 | 2 | $1,268,282 |
| 5,586 | Paul D. Zimmerman | $2,536,242 | 1 | $2,536,242 |
| 5,587 | David Michod | $2,536,184 | 6 | $422,697 |
| 5,588 | Rick Stevenson | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 5,589 | Icel Dobell Massey | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 5,590 | Ninian Dunnett | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 5,591 | Madeline Walter | $2,535,459 | 1 | $2,535,459 |
| 5,592 | Paul Welsh | $2,535,459 | 1 | $2,535,459 |
| 5,593 | Franck Magnier | $2,533,685 | 3 | $844,562 |
| 5,594 | Joseph Dorman | $2,530,854 | 2 | $1,265,427 |
| 5,595 | Kazuki Nakashima | $2,528,913 | 2 | $1,264,457 |
| 5,596 | Janet Lewis | $2,522,881 | 1 | $2,522,881 |
| 5,597 | Daniel Vigne | $2,522,881 | 1 | $2,522,881 |
| 5,598 | Malcolm Mowbray | $2,516,761 | 1 | $2,516,761 |
| 5,599 | Dante Lam | $2,515,569 | 3 | $838,523 |
| 5,600 | Robert Kuhn | $2,513,968 | 2 | $1,256,984 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.